Grainy Blueray pictures from PS3 on this TV. Does anyone have this issue? Its most prevalent with dark/brownish colors. I was watching Apacolypto Blueray on my PS3 with HDMI cable, the picture is clean for the most part, but when the picture focuses on the character's brownish skin, the picture gets really fuzzy. This is more prevalent on the blueray "300" movie, where the picture is constantly dark and brownish.Any thoughts? I tried it on my friends TV, which is the same as mine, the Samsung LED DLP, on his ps3, and the same results persist. thank you all. Grainy Blueray pictures from PS3 on this TV. Does anyone have this issue? Its most prevalent with dark/brownish colors. I was watching Apacolypto Blueray on my PS3 with HDMI cable, the picture is... » Read More Grainy Blueray pictures from PS3 on this TV. Does anyone have this issue? Its most prevalent with dark/brownish colors. I was watching Apacolypto Blueray on my PS3 with HDMI cable, the picture is clean for the most part, but when the picture focuses on the character's brownish skin, the picture gets really fuzzy. This is more prevalent on the blueray "300" movie, where the picture is constantly dark and brownish.Any thoughts? I tried it on my friends TV, which is the same as mine, the Samsung LED DLP, on his ps3, and the same results persist. thank you all. « Show Less
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umm yeah i think the problem is with the encoding of the blu-ray rather than with either the ps3 or the TV. I have both products and run into the same problem. Watch hellboy on blu-ray....its rad.
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Hmm, I've a PS3 and an Xbox, and none of them have any issues with this TV. I've seen 300 on this TV and noticed no such flaws (of course, I'm still not over the euphoria of going HD!), but in all fairness that was the HD-DVD version, so we can't rule out encoding issues on the Blu-Ray side.
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Isnt that a shame? so you're saying that it will look grainy on any blue ray player? I wouldve thought any encoding problem wouldve been fixed by now, i mean 300 just came out on blue ray.Do stores offer refunds or something? Have you tried a different blue ray? or a different TV? Im going to take mine to my friends house and test it on his LCD TV.thxThank you.
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My eyes couldn't handle dynamic, I'd need sun glasses. I did have both TV's set to the same settings, but perhaps each TV needs to be set a little differently? I've played around with it more and it is looking better but still not crystal clear. I'm waiting for my Blu-ray player to be delivered so I can see if it's the cable feed or the TV.
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Hi Nicole, its been a while since I looked into this but my recollection was this was basically the same unit. However, I must say I am totally disappointed in the unit. The sound isn't great, coming from 4 small plastic speakers. And worse, after a few months the screen on my tv went into shades of purple, and then within a few days went completely purple. When I switched source to the bluray player, the screen wasn't purple anymore...it went blue! The sound came through but couldn't see the picture. I disconnected the system and all went back to normal. Beware!
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John - you have been incredibly helpful and i appreciate your knowledge. My receiver does support all of the lossless sound formats regarding DTS HD masterauduio and tolby True HD. I am thinking that the PS3 does as well. In your opinion, what are the best looking Blu rays that you have personally seen or own regarding visuals and effects? Thanks Again!
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Unless you received a defective TV it sounds like a setting needs adjusting. Have you looked at the output settings on the BR player? Also, are you connecting it via HDMI? Other cables will give a lousier image. Also, you may need to adjust the color, contrast, etc., settings on the TV to make it look better.
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I have not noticed any issues while using the PS3. Since the 71 and the PS3 have HDMI 1.3a, take advantage of monoprice's HDMI 1.3a prices. The bluray picture pops and even has a 3D effect.
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running ta similar system, are you having issues with movies or discs in general. Mine seems to be ok in general but I do have pixilation on some blu-ray movies. Pretty sure it's software though. sorry I couldn't be more help
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There is also an area where you can manually set black levels which may help. Your problem seems a little different than mine. I have the TV, Pioneer Receiver, and PS3 as the Blu-Ray player. I haven't had a problem since I switched it to standard mode.
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I had a similar problem but not with blues. The flesh tones of people on the screen was red and I couldn't change it. My tv then would have flashes of green screen and I had to turn off the tv to clear the screen. Since my tv was new, I had it exchanged for another Seiki. Will see how this one holds up.
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Not when watching TV or movies. When displaying solid white or color screens, I can see a slight bit of uniformity issues, but not during regular content. Also when I was playing a game on the PS4 and the TV was in Game Mode, I saw flashlighting/clouding during black loading screens, but not during gameplay. I guess Game Mode turns off the Local Dimming?
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Anyone got any other calibration settings. Ryans settings are great but I find the colors to be a little bit dead, also Netflix on PS3 does not look the best even on X-High compared to my 720p LG. Nvm problem solved they look nice its just some HD streams look worse then others. Also presume your not suppose to be standing right next to the TV while watching :o.I raised the color settings and lowered the black level to make the picture have more color.Thanks Ryan!
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Sorry I missed your question earlier, but hopefully you can change your mind about the Panasonic. Viera has awful color and any SD source just looks atrocious. My experience with this SONY is that most SD cable looks sharp and clean, with good motion handling and less noise that you'd expect from the typical LCD. It all depends on how you're viewing your SD cable. Most cable providers send digital, analog, and HDTV network channels thru their line. I have a splitter on my cable line, sending one output to the set's RF input and the other to my cable box and then thru S-video cable. SD cable boxes today are mostly SD-digital. The digital SD stations actually look quite good, far better than you'd expect from an LCD. SD-DVD is even better, and BluRay looks best if your player can downscale to 720p (the SONY's own built-in 1080 downscaler is likely not as competent as the one on your BR player). The HD feeds thru your cable line look outstanding with 1080, 720, nd even 480 signals -- pure analog SD thru that line is tolerable, but not nearly as crisp as the SD-digital versions of those same channels. Thru your cable box, pure analog stations look a bit grim, red, and undersaturated; but digital-SD stations look very clean, almost as nice as SD-DVD. I'd avoid the Panasonic. In fact, this SONY might not be perfect (you'll have to use the RGB controls to tone down the really heavy Red), but it's the best 26" LCD I've seen in a while. Samsung makes a 26" that looks good in reviews, but build quality and reliability are extremely poor, and the Samsung suffers from motion artifacts that look much worse than with the SONY.
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Can't comment more on the Blu-ray aspect as had same experience. But as for the color mine is black with like a clear panel over the top of the lid, probably reflective. I thought it was going to be blue but I think we're getting misled by the color of the screen-purple-in the website pictures. The website never actually gives a color and "Graphite" would indicate "black" as in pencil lead. The Blu-ray mention is the more serious problem and very misleading.
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Did you go with the TX-SR606? I got it a few months ago and love it. It's a bit large but it handles all audio formats, so I'm happy with it. With HDMI cables (as with speaker cables) name brand means nothing. You will save a bundle if you just go with the cheapest ones you can find. Best Buy tries to sell the Monster brand HDMI cables for a hundred bucks or more. That is robbery. I got my three Belkin HDMI cables at Target for $40 each and I paid too much. Just get anything you see that is version 1.3 or better. As far as Blu-Ray goes, the PS3 is the best thing out there. It's a bit expensive though. So if you're trying to save some money, I have seen some good reviews for the Sony BD-S350. The DMP-BD55K looks nice too, as does the Samsung P2500. When it comes to deciding which one to buy, it all boils down to cost vs. benefit.
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One of the posters talks about the picture quality while using non-HDTV. I think he said he has it in a trailer, so no HDTV. Also, this unit doesn't have an S-Video connection, which is what is needed to get the best quality standard def. picture (at least that's my understanding). Which tells me that this unit is really not intended mainly for standard def viewing. Vizio, Sharp, and Philips make some units still with S-video connections. Maybe some others do, too, but so far I've found only those three brands. And if I had to guess, I would guess that eventually they'll all stop putting in S-Video connections, as more and more people start subscribing to HDTV.
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It looks really blue on my TV and on my computer monitor. I looked at this question's answers and assumed it was a defect. But after exchanging it for a new one, I still have the same problem! :/
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Yes i tried both ways....i first burned it as a data disc and i also tried creating AVCHD DVD....in both cases i saw that PS3 audio is choppy in 1080p mode.....1080i doesnt seem to have any issues. The video camera itself plays the 1080p with no issues when connected directly to my HDTV....is this an issue with my PS3 ? has anyone tried this ?